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private

[prahy-vit] / ˈpraɪ vɪt /


NOUN
lowest rank of person enlisted in armed service
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This “private ordering” alternative has decades of support from scholars and individual SEC commissioners.

From The Wall Street Journal

In Middletown: The fictional Welton Academy in Vermont, setting of “Dead Poets Society,” is actually St. Andrew’s School, a private boarding school.

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More complex structured instruments as well as increased leverage in the private markets that are now available mean that the real-world footprint of many assets are many times their notional value.

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It was analyzed by a private lab, and the FBI is awaiting quality control and confirmation before uploading information into a criminal database for potential DNA matches.

From The Wall Street Journal

According to Unite, it is the largest trade union in the UK and supports workers in public, voluntary and private sectors.

From BBC